Freakonomics

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (5341 Reviews)

Director:

Heidi Ewing Alex Gibney Seth Gordon Rachel Grady Eugene Jarecki Morgan Spurlock

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Tempestt Bledsoe James Ransone Morgan Spurlock Bill Gates

Writer:

Peter Bull

Alex Gibney

Jeremy Chilnick

Morgan Spurlock

Eugene Jarecki

Heidi Ewing

Rachel Grady

Seth Gordon

Steven Levitt (book)

Stephen Dubner (book)

Fullplot:

The field of economics can study more than the workings of economies or businesses, it can also help explore human behavior in how it reacts to incentives. Economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner host an anthology of documentaries that examines how people react to opportunities to gain, wittingly or otherwise. The subjects include the possible role a person's name has for their success in life, why there is so much cheating in an honor bound sport like sumo wrestling, what helped reduce crime in the USA in the 1990s onward and we follow an school experiment to see if cash prizes can encourage struggling students to improve academically.

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